In this Issue. The federal bank regulatory agencies announced that the temporary change to the supplementary leverage ratio for depository institutions will expire as scheduled on March 31, 2021; the Small Business...more
3/25/2021
/ Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Banking Sector ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Consumer Loan Companies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Depository Institutions ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Valuation ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Libor ,
NYDFS ,
OCC ,
Partnerships ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation FD ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA ,
Secondary Markets ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Violations ,
Small Business
In this Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized reforms under the Investment Advisers Act to modernize rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors, and published a risk...more
1/7/2021
/ Advisory Opinions ,
Appeals ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Cash Solicitation Rule ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Interpretive Letters ,
Investment Adviser ,
Lenders ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Rules ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulation Z ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Alert ,
Safe Harbors ,
SAR ,
SEC Advertising Rule ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Special Purpose Entities
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more
11/5/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Capital Formation ,
Climate Change ,
Confidential Information ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Financial Services ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fiduciary ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Records ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Offerings ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Registered Funds ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business ,
Small Business Loans ,
UDAAP
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it adopted Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), providing a new regulatory framework for fund-of-funds and final...more
10/22/2020
/ Asset Management ,
Auditor Independence ,
Audits ,
Bank Holding Company ,
Banking Sector ,
Brokers ,
Capital Rules ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Depository Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Exemptions ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Stimulus ,
FinCEN ,
Finders ,
Fund of Funds ,
Gifts ,
GSE ,
Insurance Fraud ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Liquidity ,
Marketing Services Agreements ,
Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) ,
OCC ,
Promotional Items ,
Regulation S-X ,
Regulation X ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
RESPA ,
Robocalling ,
Rule 12d1-4 ,
Section 8 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
TLAC ,
Trump Administration ,
UDAAP ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its proxy solicitation rules that will modify the practices of proxy advisory firms, providing them with greater transparency and...more
8/3/2020
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Borrowers ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Confidential Supervisory Information ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Discrimination ,
Criminal Records ,
Cross-Border ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Emergency Lending ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Records ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
FOIA ,
Form CRS ,
Freedom of Information ,
Lenders ,
Liquidation ,
Loan Applications ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Proxy Advisory Firms ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Proxy Voting ,
SBA ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swaps ,
Virtual Currency
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its exemptive applications procedures under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act) and proposed to amend Form 13F to...more
7/16/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FFIEC ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Form 13F ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Management ,
Joint Statements ,
Libor ,
Mortgage Escrow Account ,
New Guidance ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Ransomware ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Alert ,
Risk Management ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Dollar Lenders
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “Madden fix,” establishing a rule that codifies the “valid when made” principle for nationally chartered banks; the Securities and Exchange...more
6/4/2020
/ Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FHFA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Lenders ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Madden v Midland Funding ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
National Bank Act ,
No-Action Letters ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)
In This Issue. The ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to grow in scale and scope. In response, federal financial regulators are continuing efforts to bring regulatory relief to promote stability...more
3/19/2020
/ Annual Meeting ,
Banking Sector ,
Comment Period ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Enforcement ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
New Amendments ,
New Guidance ,
New Rules ,
OCC ,
Public Comment ,
Public Health ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Meetings ,
Virtual Meetings
In This Issue. The ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to grow in scale and scope, creating public health and humanitarian challenges worldwide. Global economies are also being impacted. Federal...more
3/12/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Business Continuity Plans ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Exemptive Relief ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Banks ,
Foreign Investment ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Investment Management ,
New Guidance ,
OCC ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule that would permit funds to enter into derivative and certain other transactions, notwithstanding leverage restrictions under the Investment Company...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a rule permitting most exchange-traded funds that satisfy a set of standardized conditions to operate without the expense and delay of obtaining exemptive...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a risk alert on investment adviser principal and agency cross trading compliance issues, published disclosure interpretations relating to the Inline XBRL...more
9/12/2019
/ Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cross Trading ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collectors ,
ESOP ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
Filing Fees ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Flood Insurance ,
Investment Adviser ,
OCIE ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
EDITOR'S NOTE -
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) explained how state and federal securities laws might apply to fundraising for...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) withdrew interpretive guidance pertaining to reliance on voting recommendations of proxy advisory firms in advance of their upcoming Roundtable on the U.S. proxy...more
9/20/2018
/ Advertising ,
Affiliates ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
FDIC ,
FinTech ,
Investment Adviser ,
Marketing ,
NYDFS ,
OCC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)